• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.258-263
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• 2003

Colon-specific delivery of glucocorticoids is highly desirable for the efficient treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. We synthesized prednisolone 21-sulfate sodium (PDS) as a colon-specific prodrug of prednisolone (PD) and investigated its properties using rats as test animals. We expected that introduction of sulfate ester as a sodium salt might increase the hydrophilicity and restrict the absorption in the GI tract. If PDS is stable and nonabsorbable in the upper intestine, it will be delivered to the colon as an intact form, where it hydrolyze by the sulfatase to release PD. Compared with PD, the solubility of PDS increased and the apparent partition coefficient decreased greatly. PDS was stable on incubation with pH 1.2 and 6.8 buffer solutions and with the contents of the stomach and small intestine. On incubation with the cecal contents, PDS decreased to 9.6％ of the dose in 10 h producing PD. The amount of PD increased to give a maximum 54％ of the dose and decreased. As a control, when PD was incubated with the cecal contents, it decreased to 29％ of the dose in 8 h, which implied that reduction of PD proceeded under such conditions. These results suggested that hydrolysis of PDS took place to produce and accumulate PD, which decreased by reduction as the incubation period extended. Our results suggested that PDS can be a promising colon-specific prodrug of PD, and sulfate ester group might serve as a potential colon-specific promoiety, especially for the drugs which are resistant to reduction in the colon.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.244-249
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• 2011

Spherical nanosized cobalt powder with an average size of 150-400 nm was successfully prepared at room temperature from cobalt sulfate heptahydrate ($CoSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$). Wet chemical reduction method was adopted to synthesize nano cobalt powder and hypophosphorous acid ($H_3PO_2$) was used as reduction agent. Both the HCP and the FCC Co phase were developed while $CoSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$ concentration ranged from 0.7 M to 1.1 M. Secondary phase such as $Co(OH)_2$ and $CO_3O_4$ were also observed. Peaks for the crystalline Co phase having HCP and FCC structure crystallized as increasing the concentration of $H_3PO_2$, indicating that the amount of reduction agent was enough to reduce $Co(OH)_2$. Consequently, a homogeneous Co phase could be developed without second phase when the $H_3PO_2/CoSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$ ratio exceeded 7.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.413-426
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• 2009

중금속으로 오염된 폐금은광산 주변 논토양에 탄소원을 주입하였을 경우 토착미생물에 의한 중금속의 거동 변화를 실험적으로 확인하고, 미생물학적 황산염환원을 촉진하기 위하여 황산염을 주입하였을 경우의 지구화학적 변화를 관찰하였다. 혐기적 조건에서 오염 토양에 유산염과 포도당 둥의 탄소원을 공급하고 토착미생물을 접종한 후 약 100일 동안 반응시켰으며 반응 시작 후 60일이 경과하였을 때 황산염 250 mg/L를 인위적으로 주입하였다. 유산염을 공급하였을 때 실험 기간 중 pH는 7~8 내외를 유지하였으나 포도당을 공급한 경우에는 초기 24일까지 평균 4.8의 pH를 보이다 이후 7.6까지 증가하였다. 이러한 pH 차이는 포도당을 공급하였을 때 Fe와 대부분의 중금속이 유산염에 비하여 높은 함량으로 용출된 원인으로 판단된다. 실험 초기에 용출된 Fe는 미생물 접종 시료에서 시간에 따라 점진적으로 감소하였다. 용존 Zn, Pb, Ni, Cu의 경우 유산염을 공급하였을 때 미생물을 주입한 시료와 주입하지 않은 비교시료 간에 뚜렷한 함량 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 포도당을 공급하였을 때 약 20일 경과 시부터 Zn, Pb, Ni의 함량이 미생물접종 시료에서 급격하게 감소하였고 Cu는 비교시료보다 높은 용출량을 나타냈다. Cr과 As는 두 탄소원을 공급하였을 때 모두 미생물접종 시료와 비교시료에서 용출이 지속되었으나, 황산염을 주입하자 미생물 시료에서 용존 Cr은 급격히 감소하였고 As는 용출이 중단되었다. 황산염 주입 후 반응 용기에서 검은색 침전물이 형성되었다. 이를 X-선회절분석한 결과 미생물을 주입하였을 때 침전된 물질은 violarite($Fe^{+2}{Ni^{+3}}_2S_4$)로 추정되며 이는 철환원 및 미생물학적 황산염환원에 의하여 침전물이 형성될 때 중금속이 공침전한 것으로 여겨진다. 이상의 결과를 통해 볼 때 논토양에서 용출되기 쉬운 중금속이 미생물학적 황산염환원에 의해 고정화되는 효과를 기대할 수 있다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.573-597
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• 2008

Among artificial intelligence-based computational techniques, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS) are particularly suitable for modelling complex systems with known input-output data sets. Such systems can be efficient in modelling non-linear, complex and ambiguous behaviour of cement-based materials undergoing single, dual or multiple damage factors of different forms (chemical, physical and structural). Due to the well-known complexity of sulfate attack on cement-based materials, the current work investigates the use of ANFIS to model the behaviour of a wide range of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixture designs under various high-concentration sodium sulfate exposure regimes including full immersion, wetting-drying, partial immersion, freezing-thawing, and cyclic cold-hot conditions with or without sustained flexural loading. Three ANFIS models have been developed to predict the expansion, reduction in elastic dynamic modulus, and starting time of failure of the tested SCC specimens under the various high-concentration sodium sulfate exposure regimes. A fuzzy inference system was also developed to predict the level of aggression of environmental conditions associated with very severe sodium sulfate attack based on temperature, relative humidity and degree of wetting-drying. The results show that predictions of the ANFIS and fuzzy inference systems were rational and accurate, with errors not exceeding 5%. Sensitivity analyses showed that the trends of results given by the models had good agreement with actual experimental results and with thermal, mineralogical and micro-analytical studies.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.110-121
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• 2022

The effluents from industries processing vegetable oils are extremely rich in sulfates, often exceeding the maximum concentration allowed to release them to the environment. Biological sulfate reduction is a promising alternative for the removal of sulfates in this type of wastewater, which has other particularities such as an acidic pH. The ability to reduce sulfates has been widely described for a particular bacterial group (SRB: sulfate-reducing bacteria), although the reports describing its application for the treatment of sulfate-rich industrial wastewaters are scarce. In this work, we describe the use of a natural SRB-based consortium able to remove above 30% of sulfates in the wastewater from one of the largest edible oil industries in Peru. Metataxonomic analysis was used to analyse the interdependencies established between SRB and the native microbiota present in the wastewater samples, and the performance of the consortium was quantified for different sulfate concentrations in laboratory-scale reactors. Our results pave the way towards the use of this consortium as a low-cost, sustainable alternative for the treatment of larger volumes of wastewater coming from this type of industries.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2015

Magnesium sulfate is widely used as a food additive and as an orally administered medication. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible cytotoxicity of magnesium sulfate on AGS human gastric adenocarcinoma cells and gastric mucosa in mice. A trypan blue exclusion assay was used to determine the reduction in viability of AGS cells exposed to magnesium sulfate, and then effects on cell proliferation were quantified. The role of magnesium sulfate-mediated pro-inflammatory cytokine production in AGS cells was also investigated. mRNA expression for IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-${\alpha}$ was determined by RT-PCR, and secretion of these cytokines was measured by ELISA. Immunohistochemical evaluation of IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, and TNF-${\alpha}$ expression was conducted in mouse gastric mucosa. Addition of 3 to 50 mM magnesium sulfate to AGS cells inhibited both cell proliferation and cell viability in a dose-dependent manner. Magnesium sulfate had little effect on production of IL-$1{\beta}$ or IL-6 but significantly inhibited production of IL-8. The animal model demonstrated that magnesium sulfate induced production of IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, and TNF-${\alpha}$. These preliminary data suggest that magnesium sulfate had a direct effect on the stomach and initiates cytotoxicity in moderate concentrations and time periods by inhibiting viability a nd proliferation of AGS cells and by regulating expression and/or release of pro-inflammatory cytokines.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2008

혼합균에서 분리 배양한 황환원균에 의해 발생되는 황화수소가 염소계유기오염물질인 트리클로로에틸렌의 환원에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지, 또한 염소계유기오염물질에 대한 환원력이 있다고 알려진 2가철은 황화수소가 존재할 경우 트리클로로에틸렌의 환원과 어떠한 관계에 있는지를 알아보기 위하여 본 실험을 수행하였다. 황환원균에 독성을 나타내지 않는 수준의 트리클로로에틸렌의 농도에서 황화수소 발생 및 트리클로로에틸렌의 분해 실험을 수행한 결과 황산염의 환원으로 발생한 황화수소의 농도는 4.38 mM, 트리클로로에틸렌의 농도는 큰 변화가 없는 것으로 관찰되었으며 이를 통하여 황환원균에 의해 발생되는 황화수소의 농도가 트리클로로에틸렌을 환원시키기에는 부족하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 황화수소의 농도가 위 실험에서 발생된 농도보다 100배 정도 높을 경우(438 mM)에는 트리클로로에틸렌에 대한 환원력이 있음을 확인하였다. 대표적인 산화철인 $Fe_2O_3$(3가철)를 첨가하였을 경우, 황환원균의 생장에 따라 황화수소, 2가철 및 트리클로로에틸렌의 농도변화를 관찰하였으며 이를 통하여 황환원균에 의해서 발생된 황화수소가 산화되면서 3가의 산화철을 2가철로 환원시키고 황화수소에 의하여 환원된 2가철이 트리클로로에틸렌을 분해하여 농도를 감소시키는 것을 확인하였다. 위의 실험결과를 바탕으로 낮은 농도의 황화수소는 트리클로로에틸렌의 환원에 영향을 미치지 못하며 다만, 황화수소에 의해 환원된 2가철이 트리클로로에틸렌을 분해시키는 주요한 요인임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 실제 해수중에서 황환원균과 $Fe_2O_3$가 공존할 경우의 트리클로로에틸렌의 제거 효과를 살펴보기 위한 실험을 한 결과 황환원균이 황화수소를 생성하여 트리클로로에틸렌의 제거에 영향을 줄 수 있는 반응들은 황환원균 생장에 필수적인 탄소원의 농도가 확보될 때 가능하다는 결론을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2014

중금속류나 방사성 물질로 오염된 지하수를 원위치에서 처리(정화 혹은 고정화)하고자 할 때, 반드시 고려해야 할 지화학적 요소 중의 하나는 지하수의 산화/환원전위 값이다. 우리는 생지화학적 작용에 의한 현장 지하수의 산화/환원전위 변화 특성을 알아보기 위해 실험실 조건에서 한국원자력연구원의 심부지하수를 대상으로 전자공여체(젖산), 전자수용체(황산염) 및 토착미생물을 주입하여 시간별로 산화/환원전위 변화를 관찰하였다. 질소가스-충전 글로브박스에 있는 순수 지하수는 시간이 경과함에 따라 미약한 Eh 상승(약산화)이 있었다. 하지만, 젖산, 황산염 혹은 미생물이 주입된 지하수 대부분의 Eh는 감소(환원)하는 특성을 보여주었다. 특히, 국내 토착 황산염환원미생물인 '바쿨라텀'이 주입되었을 때, 지하수의 Eh가 -500 mV 근처까지 감소하여 강환원성 지하수로 바뀌었다. 이처럼 일반 금속환원박테리아에 비해 황산염환원박테리아의 지하수 환원화 능력이 매우 우수함에도 불구하고, 용존 황산철을 필요로 하였고 최종적으로 황화광물(예; 맥키나와이트)이 생성되면서 추후 반응에 관한 예측을 어렵게 하였다. 결과적으로, 미생물 외에도 미량의 영양물질 주입 여하에 따라 지하수의 산화/환원전위가 크게 달라졌으며, 이는 산화/환원전위의 영향을 받는 용존 오염 물질의 산화수, 용해도 및 수착 등의 특성들이 생물자극법에 의해 바뀌거나 조절될 수 있음을 의미한다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.149-152
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• 1982

A new convenient method for the reduction of carboxylic acids to the corresponding alcohols via acyloxyborohydrides was explored. Acyloxyborohydrides, prepared from the reaction of various carboxylic acids and sodium borohydride, underwent reduction to the corresponding alcohols readily by the addition of dimethyl sulfate or Lewis acids, such as boron trifluoride etherate and triphenyl borate, presumably through acyloxyboranes. By utilizing this procedure, aliphatic and aromatic acids are rapidly and quantitatively reduced to the corresponding alcohols in terahydrofuran either at room temperature (or at $65^{\circ}$). This procedure provides selective reduction of carboxylic acids in the presence of halogen, nitro, and heterocyclic rings such as furan and thiophene.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.443-454
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• 1998

Pt-V catalytic converter was installed on a heavy duty diesel engine and the characteristics of the emission reduction were tested using a engine dynamometer at various operating conditions. The emission reduction performance of Pt-V catalyst was also compared with that of a commercialized Pt catalyst currently being used in some of the heavy duty diesel engines in advanced countries. The effects of Pt-V and Pt catalysts on regulated and unregulated emissions were investigated using a 0.05 weight percent sulfur content fuel with an engine dynamometer Experiments for gaseous emissions (CO, HC and aldehyde) as well as particulate emissions (TPM, SOF and sulfate) have been conducted at several operating conditions such as T-7 mode, D-13 mode and S-13 mode before and after installing the Pt-V and Pt catalysts in the exhaust system. The emission reduction performance of Pt catalyst with respect to CO, HC, SOF, PAHs and aldehyde was found to be a little higher than that of Pt-V catalyst, but the Pt catalyst showed innate disadvantage of causing an increase of PM due to the sulfate formation via high SO2 conversion at high exhaust temperature, especially above 45$0^{\circ}C$.